Corporate citizens support Saint Lucia Under-23

the saint lucia players pose with corporate officials and slnna president

FRIDAY JULY 04, 2008, CASTRIES, Saint Lucia – Bryden and Partners along

with Minveille and Chastanet of the M&C Group of Companies, have teamed up

to support the Saint Lucia National Under-23 Netball Team.

The Saint Lucia Under-23 ladies will be participating in the 2008 OECS Under-23

Netball Tournament, scheduled to be played at the Indoor Practice Facility at

Beausejour from July 06 to 12, 2008.

According to Lawrence Joseph, the Assistant Brand Manager for Lucozade, “this

is to ensure that the players are provided with energy drinks, so that they can

play to their best in all of the matches.”

practice session at the indoor facility

In the opinion of Minveille and Chastanet officials, “it was up for us to do

something for the young ladies who are going to represent our country,

especially for the sport of netball that does not get a lot of coverage.”

Footwear for the players and gear for the officials were provided by Minveille and

Chastanet, as was revealed by Mervin Fedee, the Assistant Human Resource

Manager at Minveille and Chastanet.

He pointed out that it was a joint effort by the M&C Group of Companies to

support the 2003 Saint Lucia National Under-23 Netball Team, “and we will do it

again next year.”

However not all expected support came through, despite the positive indications

given. One telecommunications company at the last moment despite spending

thousands in support of carnival, failed to support media coverage of the

tournament, and the management of the facility leaves much to be desired.

Upon arrival at the facility, there was no one from management or maintenance

there, and from all indications, the cleaning of the facility on a daily basis was

none existent, although the Saint Lucia National Netball Association is being

charge EC$1,500.00 daily.  (Robertson S. Henry)